SaR. V. Gll.J.I3• ICa.6 x. r. Mlt.ax... s. Ifa. ' 5.1. Mat.S·3 S· Vfe 2 , It is the "VoiceofmyBelo.'Ved Odfe became mifery, :.md life it felfe cameto die, and to be acurfe for '!J. He bath done the greater, and will he not doe rhe ldfe ~ Th~reforethink~ not firange thm he ufeth all thefe meanes, confi. dering how low he defcended into the wornbe ofthe Virgin forus)Eph.4.9 · Now fuch confiderarions as thefe being mix. ed with the Spirit, and fet on by him,are effeCl:u– all for the converfion of poore foules. Is there , fuch love in God to become man, and ro be a I Sutorto woe me for my love~Surely thinks the \ ioule then,he defires my falvJtion, and conver– fion.AAd to whar kindofperfonsdoth hecome~ None can object unworthineffe,I am poore ; he comes to the poore:I am ladenand wretched, Come unto me all ye that are weary andladen: I have no– thing, {ome andbuy honey,milke,andwine, though you have nothing. He rakesawayall ObjeCtions But I am,ftung with the fenfe of my fins, Blejed are they t_hat hrJnger andthirfl,&c. But I am emp· tyofall,Blcjfedare thepoore inSpirit.You canob– ject nothing, but it is taken awayby the Ho!y– Ghoft, wifely preventing all the ObjeCtions of a finfull foule. -This is the beginning ofconver- 1 fion,thefe very conceits ; andwhen we are conrvtr1 ted, theft thoughts entertained with admiro1tion ofi chrifls conde fc-endrnglare ejfiauall to give chriff ·furt her tntr4nce into the foule, whereby a more happy communion is wrought ft iil more and more between Ch rift and the foule ofa Chri!l:in. 0 h ~ but take heed that thefemake not any fe- \ , · cure: ·
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